Current schedule of ISS flight eventsUTC time is used in table2018<snip>July 10 - Progress MS-09 launch and docking (to Pirs)<snip>December 20 - MLM Nauka launch (or Q2 2019)late December - Pirs and Progress MS-09 undocking (from Zvezda nadir)late December - Pirs and Progress MS-09 deorbit and reentered the atmosphere<snip>December 29 - MLM Nauka docking (to Zvezda nadir) (or Q2 2019)
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/iss-fgb2-mlm-2017.html#1103QuoteThe launch of the MLM module advanced to 2018On November 2, Director General of RKK Energia Vladimir Solntsev met with the Head of Roskosmos Igor Komarov, who insisted on launching the MLM module before the end of 2018, probably due to political pressure from the Kremlin. To accommodate this requirement, RKK Energia drafted a new timeline, which was approved by the company's leadership on November 3.The new schedule set the launch of the MLM module for Dec. 20, 2018, followed by its docking at the Russian Segment of the station on Dec. 29, 2018.According to the latest timeline, the arrival of the module will take place during Expedition 58, which will begin onboard the ISS at the end of October 2018. Shortly after the launch of the MLM module, the Pirs Docking Compartment, SO1, will be undocked from the nadir (Earth-facing) port of the Zvezda Service Module, SM, to make room for the new arrival.The discarding of Pirs will now be delegated to the Progress MS-09 spacecraft (italics mine), which is scheduled for launch on June 13, 2018. Progress MS-09 will tug Pirs away from the station and then direct it into the Earth's atmosphere to burn up over the ocean.In order to leave Earth before the end of 2018, the MLM/Nauka module would have to be shipped to the launch site in Baikonur in March. In case the processing team in Baikonur worked around the clock, the spacecraft could be ready for launch in seven months, leaving up to two months in reserve. However, experts familiar with the matter saw even the March 2019 launch date as overly ambitious and estimated that it would be more realistic to plan the launch around May 2019.The situation is complicated by the fact that in October, a Roskosmos representative warned that RKK Energia would have only one chance to push the schedule beyond the previously approved launch date in June 2018, before heavy fines would kick in against the company.The latest schedule is yet to be officially approved by Roskosmos.
The launch of the MLM module advanced to 2018On November 2, Director General of RKK Energia Vladimir Solntsev met with the Head of Roskosmos Igor Komarov, who insisted on launching the MLM module before the end of 2018, probably due to political pressure from the Kremlin. To accommodate this requirement, RKK Energia drafted a new timeline, which was approved by the company's leadership on November 3.The new schedule set the launch of the MLM module for Dec. 20, 2018, followed by its docking at the Russian Segment of the station on Dec. 29, 2018.According to the latest timeline, the arrival of the module will take place during Expedition 58, which will begin onboard the ISS at the end of October 2018. Shortly after the launch of the MLM module, the Pirs Docking Compartment, SO1, will be undocked from the nadir (Earth-facing) port of the Zvezda Service Module, SM, to make room for the new arrival.The discarding of Pirs will now be delegated to the Progress MS-09 spacecraft (italics mine), which is scheduled for launch on June 13, 2018. Progress MS-09 will tug Pirs away from the station and then direct it into the Earth's atmosphere to burn up over the ocean.In order to leave Earth before the end of 2018, the MLM/Nauka module would have to be shipped to the launch site in Baikonur in March. In case the processing team in Baikonur worked around the clock, the spacecraft could be ready for launch in seven months, leaving up to two months in reserve. However, experts familiar with the matter saw even the March 2019 launch date as overly ambitious and estimated that it would be more realistic to plan the launch around May 2019.The situation is complicated by the fact that in October, a Roskosmos representative warned that RKK Energia would have only one chance to push the schedule beyond the previously approved launch date in June 2018, before heavy fines would kick in against the company.The latest schedule is yet to be officially approved by Roskosmos.
"Сheck inspection of Soyuz MS-08 has been performed March 16, 2017 Preparations continue for the launch of transportation spacecraft Soyuz MS-08 under the program of the International Space Station.Today, March 16, the crews of Soyuz MS-08 performed a check inspection of the spacecraft in its launch configuration, in the course of which the primary and backup crews familiarized themselves with the controls and checked out in the test mode the operational integrity of various systems of the spacecraft. The members of the prime crew also inspected the Progress MS-09 transport cargo vehicle, which is scheduled for launch on July 10, 2018..." (italics mine)https://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss55/photo_03-16.html
<snip>And, if the pattern holds, and after Progress MS-07 and 08 could not accomplish the two-orbit rendezvous with ISS, that task would apparently fall to Progress MS-09?
Current schedule of ISS flight eventsUTC time is used in table2018<snip>July 9/10 21:51 / ~01:00 - Progress MS-09 (70P) launch and docking (to Pirs)<snip>December 23 - Progress MS-09 (70P) undocking (from Pirs)December 23 - Progress MS-09 (70P) deorbit and reentered the atmosphere<snip>Changes on April 30th
Launch schedule time: 21:51:32 UTC.
Yesterday we had a scheduled correction of the orbit of the International Space Station. It was conducted in order to form ballistic conditions for the docking of Progress-MS-09 cargo vehicle. I managed to shoot several frames of this process.
… On June 25, Roskosmos announced that the testing of the ship's solar panels had been completed and the final preparations for fueling had began. They included balancing and weighing of the vehicle. On June 26, a meeting of technical management confirmed the readiness of the spacecraft for loading of propellant components and pressurized gases into the ship's Integrated Propulsion System, KDU, and refueling tanks, RKK Energia, the prime contractor, said. The fueling operations were scheduled for June 27 and 28. Also on June 26, inside the vehicle assembly buidling at Sute 31, specialists completed the assembly of the first and second stages of the Soyuz-2-1a rocket for the Progress MS-09 mission.
June 25, tests of Progress MS-09 solar arrays.
If I'm not mistaken, the actual launch date is Jul 9, UTC, with docking on Jul 10.
https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1011588001972056064Photos of vehicle integration.
Cargo ship Progress MS-09 completed at Baikonur, 29.06.2018 Specialists of RKK Energia at Baikonur successfully completed operations on filling the transport cargo ship "Progress MS-09" With fuel components and compressed gases on fuelstation.After refueling, the ship was delivered to the spacecraft installation and testing facility and installed in slipway for final training operations. Schedule of preparatory works: Tuesday, July 3, docking of the ship with rocket transitional compartment...
Third stage integration...
@roscosmosНа Байконуре состоялось заседание сопредседателей российско-казахстанской межправительственной комиссии - https://www.roscosmos.ru/25285/ Translated from RussianThe meeting of the Co-chairs of the Russian-Kazakh intergovernmental commission was held at Baikonur https://www.roscosmos.ru/25285/
@roscosmos5 minutes ago#ПрогрессМС09: на космодроме #Байконур состоялось заседание Госкомиссии, которая приняла решение о готовности ракеты-носителя «Союз-2.1а» к заправке и пуску в 00:51 мск 10 июля. Трансляция - http://online.roscosmos.ru Translated from Russian#ПрогрессМС09: A meeting of the Commission took place at the Baikonur http://online.roscosmos.ru , which decided on the readiness of the Soyuz-2.1 a launch vehicle to be refueled and launched at 00:51 MSK on July 10. Broadcast- #ttps://t.co/ip4MnegEqX
Isn't it a lot odd to have that many people working around a fully fueled vehicle?
Quote from: Targeteer on 07/09/2018 08:23 pmIsn't it a lot odd to have that many people working around a fully fueled vehicle?Well Soyuz family isn't highly automated like newer launchers thus the crews of that size are necessary.
3.5 hours /2 orbits vs 6 hours/4 orbits fast tracks.
Is there any information about the weight of Progress MS-09 ?
Quote from: Alter Sachse on 07/10/2018 06:11 amIs there any information about the weight of Progress MS-09 ?Its weight is currently approximately zero.Sorry :-)Its mass, according to Anatoly Zak, is 7430kghttp://russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-09.html
"Approximately 7,430 kilograms" is unfortunately not a correct value...
From NASA to us. Final cargo complement for Progress MS-09 is :Total cargo: 2,567 kg (5,659 lb)Prop: 530 kg (1,168 lb Oxygen/Air: 52 kg (114 lb)Water: 420 kg (926 lb)Dry Cargo: 1,565 kg (3,450 lb)
Progress MS-09 delivered to the ISS one and a half tons of dry cargo, 530 kg of fuel in the refueling system, 420 kg of water in the tanks of the Rodnik system, as well as 47 kg of compressed air and oxygen in the cylinders. In the packing of the cargo compartment - scientific equipment, components for the life support system, as well as containers with food, clothing, medicines and personal hygiene products for the crew. In a set of personal protective equipment, Orlan-MKS No. 5, a new spacesuit, arrived in orbit, the design of which was amended according to the remarks of the astronauts. The cargo also includes the scientific and educational satellites SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat-2. Spacecrafts were made by schoolchildren in the educational center "Sirius" (Sochi city) on the basis of the nano-satellite platform OrbiCaft-Pro. The payload of the apparatus - a cosmic particle detector - was developed at the Nuclear Physics Research Institute of the Moscow State University. In RSC Energia, the devices included in the scientific equipment of the space experiment Radio Skaf were fully certified before being sent to the ISS. The launch of nanosatellites SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat-2 is scheduled for August during a spacewalk (VKD-45).
Artemyev posted some pics of the Progress docking, plus some of him and Prokopyev at the TORU station, some of hatch opening, plus a couple of videos.
Wow great video! Seems like the closing rate of the soyuz is a bit higher than shuttle or other vv that Dock.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/11/26/human-research-in-space-next-crew-preps-for-launch-on-earth/QuoteFlight Engineer Sergey Prokopyev transferred fluids for disposal aboard the Russian Progress 70 cargo craft which will depart from the Pirs docking compartment Jan. 25.Progress MS-09 departure schedule on January 25, 2019.
Flight Engineer Sergey Prokopyev transferred fluids for disposal aboard the Russian Progress 70 cargo craft which will depart from the Pirs docking compartment Jan. 25.
Current schedule of ISS flight eventsUTC time is used in table2019December 23, 2018 NET February January 25 - Progress MS-09 (70P) undocking (from Pirs)<snip>January NET February - Progress MS-09 (70P) deorbit and reentered the atmosphereChanges on November 22ndChanges on November 27th
Google translate:https://ria.ru/20190111/1549218100.htmlQuote"The undocking of the Progress MS-09 from the Pirs module of the ISS is scheduled for January 25 at 15:55 Moscow time," the agency’s source said.According to him, three hours after undocking from the ISS cargo will be de-orbited.“At about 19:54 Moscow time, the unburned elements of its construction will fall on the so-called“ cemetery of space ships ”in the South Pacific,” a source added.
"The undocking of the Progress MS-09 from the Pirs module of the ISS is scheduled for January 25 at 15:55 Moscow time," the agency’s source said.According to him, three hours after undocking from the ISS cargo will be de-orbited.“At about 19:54 Moscow time, the unburned elements of its construction will fall on the so-called“ cemetery of space ships ”in the South Pacific,” a source added.
Cargo ship # ProgressMS09, having completed its mission, at 15:55 Moscow time, undocked from the Russian segment of the International Space Station. The fall of the fireproof elements of the ship’s structure is planned at 19:50 Moscow time in a given area of the non-navigable part of the Pacific Ocean.
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